At Anse Marcel, we sometimes have lunch at the restaurant, and sometimes we visit the beach without eating at the restaurant. On days when we're just enjoying the beach, we don't use the restaurant's restrooms. We are respectful.

The "private beach" sign shouldn't be there.

Several years ago, before Irma, we were lying on our towels at the public beach near the Westin Resort (Dawn Beach). We weren't anywhere near the resort's chairs, and we weren't using the chairs. A Westin employee approached us and told us that this was a private beach, and we would have to leave. (In spite of the fact that we had paid for the fancy brunch at the resort in the past...) I politely responded, "This is a public beach." I was told, "No, this is a private beach. Do you want me to call my manager?" We left, of course.

We never came back to Dawn Beach.